Saturday, May 26, 2012

Know what you want to succeed

In a study conducted in the Yale University in
the 1950s, they asked the graduating students if they had a goal written down with
a specific plan to achieve the same. Only 3 percent had such written goals. In the
seventies the researchers interviewed the surviving members of the group. To their
astonishment, the three percent with written goals were then worth more (in
financial terms) than the entire other 97 percent combined! It was also found
that these 3 percent people were happier enjoying more peace of mind and joy in
comparison to the others.

Those who did not have
specific goals before their minds must have had been in a fog of confusion.
They went one way and then tried another and later a third and so on. They took
up a job and then retreated and went for a totally different one. They were not
focused. They dissipated their energy
here and there without steadily climbing up in any profession or job.

Only when the mind
has a defined target it can focus and direct all its energies until the
intended goal is reached. Without a defined goal its resources are dissipated
and squandered. A key part of this is to
know what you want in life, what you want in 5 years or ten years from now.
This is a must to enable your mind to move you in a particular direction. The chances that you win or lose in life very
much depend upon your ability to decide what you want and imprint the same in
your conscious and subconscious minds.
Spend an hour or so now to make a map of the road you want to travel in your
life. Decide what you want in crystal clear terms and figure out how you will
get them-now.